"Business confidence worldwide fell back sharply by almost a full point to the lowest level for a year," said Derek Smith, Director of the Global Technology Confidence Indicators, parent organization of the GTCI. "Confidence turned down most in Japan and Europe, to a lesser extent in North America, where the index remained higher than in any other region. Elsewhere sentiment strengthened, so the picture is not uniform throughout the world."
Business Confidence Index
"The technology confidence index slipped back a bit from the April value, getting below 100 again," said Smith. "This index has not moved much since May '03, having dipped a little initially, plateauing in the first quarter, now falling away slightly along with the business confidence index."
Technology Confidence Index
Other Findings
Smith's latest released report detailed an array of other significant findings:
Business Outlook
Human Capital
Technology Alignment
Technology Innovation
Strategic Project & Process Management
Technology Management
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